A Modest Proposal By Johnathon Swift - 801 Words

1) In his â€Å"A Modest Proposal†, Johnathon Swift employs no shortage of phrases that dehumanize the Irish people. He likens women and the poor to â€Å"breeders,† implying that the only thing they are good for in life is to procreate and profit from their offspring. He goes on to reference, â€Å"child dropped from its dam,† as if making a comparison between women and animals. Swift furthers that with talk of allowing a number of women for breeding reserves, and it being more than the allotted number to that of livestock. Swift continues his dehumanization by making the people and children themselves seem inconsequential. He reduces them to mere numbers—statistics. By dividing and lessening their numbers (poor people who cannot sustain their children vs women who lose their babies), Swift makes the Irish people seem even more inconsequential. His proposal is revolting and ultimately ironic. There were vast numbers of people dying—and yet no one s eemed to care. I think Swift chose his method of dehumanization because it just further made his point and it compels the person reading to think on whether they could view fellow human beings in such a cold manner. 2) â€Å"The Rape of the Lock,† presents a wholly demeaning view of women. Pope seems overall condescending and disdainful of women and their feminine observances. In regards to Belinda, Pope takes this negative experience that she has and completely discounts her feelings; effectively turning the incident into something preposterous.Show MoreRelatedThe Shock Factor of A Modest Proposal by by Johnathan Swift 789 Words   |  3 PagesRhetorical Analysis of â€Å"A Modest Proposal† â€Å"A Modest Proposal† by Johnathan Swift was intended to use shock factor as incentive to get the British Parliament to come up with a workable plan to deal with the multitude of poor children in Ireland (Swift). If logic is applied to the proposal, ignoring the fact that the proposal was not meant to be taken seriously and the blatant sometimes over-the-top sarcasm occasionally used, several parts of it would cause an uproar and quite possibly a revolutionRead MoreThe Problem Of Overpopulation And Overpopulation1102 Words   |  5 Pagescontrolled Ireland. Johnathon Swift, a satirical writer, wrote â€Å"A Modest Proposal† to show the flaws of the current solutions to the overpopulation and poverty crisis in Ireland. He wanted people of Ireland dismiss the current government issued plans and come up with their own solutions. He successfully accomplished his goal, by using satire, irony, and comparisons, of bring to light the idiotic ideas of the government and trying to get the populous of Ireland to take action. Johnathon Swift uses satireRead MoreAnalysis Of Alexander Pope s A Modest Proposal 1598 Words   |  7 Pagesgreat town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and all importuning every passenger for alms.† â€Å"A Modest Proposal† by Jonathan Swift.â€Å" All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou cannot see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good.† â€Å"Essay On Man† by Alexander Pope, both viewed mankind in Similar ways such